SAN DIEGO – Stadium seating risers for 8,000 spectators might not be that unusual – but they are when they are installed onto the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. A Veterans Day basketball game for the Michigan State Spartans and North Carolina Tar Heels brought SGA Production Services on board the USS Carl Vinson.
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NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA – LD Jeff Ravitz designed the TV and live show lighting for a public television special, Buddy Holly: Listen to Me, which airs nationwide during December. The show features performances by Stevie Nicks, Lyle Lovett, Chris Isaak, Graham Nash and other guest stars, shot at Hollywood’s Music Box Theatre.
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LAS VEGAS – Cirque du Soleil approached Pyrotek Special Effects in early 2011 to add more magic to Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour. The vision was to bring to life everything Jackson would want to include into a show with his extensive catalog of music. Pyrotek Designers Doug Adams and Lorenzo Cornacchia worked closely with the show creators to produce effects for 24 scenes within the rock concert/dance/circus show.
Read More »CYPRESS, CA – Christie, along with Draper Inc., is hosting Solutions That Rock, a free event introducing its new display solutions to those involved with professional AV rental staging, fixed installs and corporate AV environments. The event takes place Dec. 13-15 at Scottsdale Studios in Scottsdale, AZ.
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AARHUS, Denmark – Christian youth festival, Get Focused, was one of the first events to use Martin’s new 10 mm pixel pitch EC-10 LED video panels. Vestad Lighting supplied equipment for the three-day event in Tonsberg, Norway.
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DURHAM, UK – Lumière 2011 features the work of dozens of artists, lighting designers and community groups in 35 installations, bringing a “sparkle of magic” to the medieval city of Durham. The highlight was Crown of Light, a son-et-lumière that uses the architecture of Durham Cathedral as its canvas. Created by projection artist Ross Ashton, Crown of Light
involved a team of specialists including The Projection Studio and White Light Ltd.
Robe moving lights took centerstage for the most recent series of “Let’s Dance” in Slovakia on Markiza TV. Director of Photography Vlado Valko used rental company Q-99’s new Robe ROBIN 300 fixtures for the weekly show set at the Incheba Expo in Bratislava.
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AUSTIN, TX – LD Brendan Gray of Gray Matter Visual designed the lighting and coordinated media content for Alicia Keys’ fundraising event, the 2011 Black Ball for the Keep A Child Alive organization. In the rig of 1200w fixtures, Gray specified 6 High End Systems intellaspots.
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LOS ANGELES – Elation Professional’s new EPV6 LED 6mm display panel – meant for indoor use – is equipped with 3-in-1 Tri-Color SMD LEDs. It features 2,500-nit brightness and a wide viewing angle to produce high-res videos, graphics, text, special effects or any other images. Its light weight (31 lbs., 14kg.) make it easy to transport and fit into a variety of applications.
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TORONTO – A.C. Lighting Inc. has been appointed as the North American distributor for LedGo’s range of modular video products. Netherlands-based LedGo BV provides the theater and television production industry with a variety of LED video screens.
Pictured from left: Roelof Bouwman (LedGo Sales Account Manager), Winnie Meijer (LedGo Managing Director), JF Canuel (AC Lighting Inc.) and Fred Mikeska (AC Lighting Inc.)
